Legal & Financial Due Diligence Strategies for Successful Acquisitions, JVs & Strategic Alliances
In response to today's business era where opportunities are open for the creation of synergetic business values, growth and diversification through Acquisitions, JVs and strategic alliances, with investors facing increasing challenges on the nature of business acquisitions that are becoming significantly more complex, it is imperative for companies who are preparing for M&As, JVs or strategic alliances to be acquainted with and be responsive to the embryonic legal, financial, tax and regulatory issues to ensure seamless and successful transactions. In their haste, companies often fail to carry out the necessary due-diligence and research to identify potential risks and pitfalls associated with such ventures. An efficient due diligence process can save companies from making costly mistakes in business transactions that may have profound consequences for the firm's other operational areas and/or its corporate reputation.
Due diligence is one of the most critical analysis that companies undertake prior to making business decisions in order to obtain successful mergers & acquisitions. It is considered being of greater importance than target selection, negotiation, pricing the deal and the development of the company's overall M&A strategy. The essence is an attempt to provide business owners and buyers with reliable and complete background information on proposed business deals. The ultimate goal is to make sure that there are no hidden drawbacks, or traps associated with the business action under consideration. It can also confirm the logic for the transaction and be used to start planning integration and project management.
Asia Business Forum is pleased to organize "Legal & Financial Due Diligence Strategies for Successful Acquisitions, JVs & Strategic Alliances" designed to take you through all steps of the procedure in a straightforward and practical manner. It will cover all of the fundamental issues including legal, commercial, tax due diligence and financial due diligence, as well as other areas, such as critical risk issues, associated and intellectual property, which are often overlooked, at a great cost to the buyer. Financial due diligence can refer to financial, tax, legal and commercial due diligence reviews, while legal due diligence is a measure of prudence, assiduity or activity as is properly to be expected from, and ordinarily exercised by, a reasonable and prudent person under particular circumstances, not measured by any absolute standard, but dependent on the relative facts of a particular case. The conference will also consider those aspects which are unique to cross-border transactions, and will provide a checklist for post-acquisition integration to ensure that you get off to a right start post deal.
*Most presentations will be in Thai.